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September 2018
Volume 14 Number 7
EDITORIAL
EuroIntervention: at the crossroads of open access
Serruys P
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A125
Absence of proof or proof of absence? The risk of underpowered studies in cardiovascular medicine
Gaudino M,
Benedetto U,
Taggart D
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A126
Is the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery segment justifiably considered as the last frontier for stenting?
Roguin A,
Solomonica A,
von Birgelen C
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A127
Polymer-free drug-coated stents: workhorse or “niche horse”?
Urban P,
Chevalier B
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A128
LAMPOON’s European vacation
Murdoch D,
Webb J
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A129
PERSPECTIVES
The ball is now in our court
Banning A,
Serruys P
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJV14I7A130
EAPCI COMMUNITY NEWS
ESC CardioMed – the new electronic ESC Textbook of Cardiovascular Medicine
September 20, 2018
INTERVENTIONS FOR VALVULAR DISEASE AND HEART FAILURE
SHORT REPORT
International LAMPOON: first European experience with laceration of the anterior mitral valve leaflet prior to transseptal transcatheter mitral valve implantation
Kasel M,
Rumpf M,
Frangieh A,
Mayr P,
Joner M,
Xhepa E,
Lederman RJ,
Greenbaum A,
Khan J,
Ott I,
Deutsch O,
Michel J
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00201
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Propensity-matched comparison of clinical outcomes after transaortic versus transfemoral aortic valve replacement
Chollet T,
Marcheix B,
Boudou N,
Elbaz M,
Campelo-Parada F,
Bataille V,
Bouisset F,
Lairez O,
Porterie J,
Galinier M,
Carrié D,
Lhermusier T
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00168
SPECIAL REPORT
First-in-man implantation of the Tricento transcatheter heart valve for the treatment of severe tricuspid regurgitation
Toggweiler S,
De Boeck B,
Brinkert M,
Buhmann R,
Bossard M,
Kobza R,
Cuculi F
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00440
INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT
Optimising mitral repair in functional regurgitation: transcatheter annuloplasty can counteract left ventricle-mitral ring mismatch
Buzzatti N,
Denti P,
Alfieri O,
La Canna G
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01022
CORONARY INTERVENTIONS
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Ten-year clinical outcome of patients treated with a drug-eluting stent in the proximal left anterior descending artery segment compared with patients stented in other non-left main coronary segments
Kjoller-Hansen L,
Bligaard N,
Kelbæk H,
Christiansen E,
Thuesen L,
Hansen PR,
Engstrøm T,
Junker A,
Abildgaard U,
Lassen J,
Jensen JS,
Jeppesen JL,
Galloe A
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00396
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Safety and efficacy of polymer-free biolimus-eluting stents in all-comer patients: the RUDI-FREE study
Sardella G,
Stefanini G,
Briguori C,
Tamburino C,
Fabbiocchi F,
Rotolo F,
Tomai F,
Paggi A,
Lombardi M,
Gioffrè G,
Sclafani R,
Rolandi A,
Sciahbasi A,
Scardaci F,
Signore N,
Calcagno S,
Mancone M,
Chiarito M,
Giordano A
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00148
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Establishment of healing profile and neointimal transformation in the new polymer-free biolimus A9-coated coronary stent by longitudinal sequential optical coherence tomography assessments: the EGO-BIOFREEDOM study
Lee WLS,
Tam FCC,
Chan KKW,
Lam S,
Kong S-L,
Shea CP,
Wong MKL,
Wong AYT,
Yung ASY,
Zhang L-W,
Lam Y-M,
Mintz G,
Costa R,
Stoll H,
Maehara A
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00061
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Impact of age on the effect of pre-hospital P2Y12 receptor inhibition in primary percutaneous coronary intervention for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: the ATLANTIC-Elderly analysis
Collet J,
Kerneis M,
Lattuca B,
Yan Y,
Cayla G,
Silvain J,
Lapostolle F,
Ecollan P,
Diallo A,
Vicaut E,
Hamm C,
van't Hof A,
Montalescot G
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00182
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Clinical significance of concordance or discordance between fractional flow reserve and coronary flow reserve for coronary physiological indices, microvascular resistance, and prognosis after elective percutaneous coronary intervention
Usui E,
Murai T,
Kanaji Y,
Hoshino M,
Yamaguchi M,
Hada M,
Hamaya R,
Kanno Y,
Lee T,
Yonetsu T,
Kakuta T
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-00449
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Validation of a novel non-hyperaemic index of coronary artery stenosis severity: the Resting Full-cycle Ratio (VALIDATE RFR) study
Svanerud J,
Ahn J,
Jeremias A,
van 't Veer M,
Gore A,
Maehara A,
Crowley A,
Pijls NH,
De Bruyne B,
Johnson N,
Hennigan B,
Watkins S,
Berry C,
Oldroyd K,
Park S,
Ali Z
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00342
SHORT REPORT
Five-year outcome of a randomised trial comparing second-generation drug-eluting stents using either biodegradable polymer or durable polymer: the NOBORI biolimus-eluting versus XIENCE/PROMUS everolimus-eluting stent trial (NEXT)
Natsuaki M,
Kozuma K,
Morimoto T,
Kadota K,
Muramatsu T,
Nakagawa Y,
Akasaka T,
Hanaoka KI,
Tanabe K,
Morino Y,
Nishikawa H,
Kimura T
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01050
SHORT REPORT
Incidence of procedural myocardial infarction and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging-detected myocardial injury following percutaneous coronary intervention with rotational atherectomy
McEntegart M,
Corcoran D,
Carrick D,
Clerfond G,
Sidik N,
Collison D,
Robertson KR,
Shaukat A,
Watkins S,
Rocchicholi PR,
Eteiba H,
Petrie M,
Lindsay M,
Oldroyd K,
Berry C
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01077
INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT
Haemodynamic impact of a new pulsatile mechanical circulatory support in high-risk coronary stenting
Bastos M,
Daemen J,
Van Mieghem N
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01109
INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT
Thrombogenicity at the jailed side branch ostia in the provisional stenting technique: insights from an in vitro model
Paradies V,
Lu S,
Ng J,
Ang H,
Joner M,
Foin N
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00003
PERIPHERAL INTERVENTIONS
CLINICAL RESEARCH
Ischaemic preconditioning of the spinal cord to prevent spinal cord ischaemia during endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm: first clinical experience
Branzan D,
Etz CD,
Moche M,
Von Aspern K,
Staab H,
Fuchs J,
Bergh F,
Scheinert D,
Schmidt A
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00200
INTERVENTIONAL FLASHLIGHT
Multiple treatment approaches following incomplete endovascular closure of abdominal aneurysm rupture-related aortocaval fistula
Massmann A,
Fries P,
Kubale R,
Seidel R
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-18-00165
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Stenosis severity indices cannot reflect lumen loss in stent trials
Lauri F,
Macaya F,
Mejía-Rentería H
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01073L
REPLY TO THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Reply to the letter to the editor “Stenosis severity indices cannot reflect lumen loss in stent trials”
Asano T,
Onuma Y,
Reiber J,
Serruys P
September 20, 2018 | 10.4244/EIJ-D-17-01073R
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